A total of 1,034 Indians arrived in New Delhi by three special flights of Air India on Thursday from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees from the North African country to 3,262. On Thursday, the first special flight carrying 251 passengers and 10 infants, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 02.20 AM. The second flight brought 380 Indians at 07.40 on Thursday morning while the third one landed at 01.15 PM with 393 passengers on board. An airline official said, Air India has brought back a total of 3,262 passengers from Libya so far and has sent three more aircraft on Thursday morning for Tripoli to airlift Indians still stranded there.From Thursday, private carriers also joined the evacuation exercise along with the flag carrier, following directions from the Government. Jet Airways will be sending a 170-seater Boeing to Djerba in Tunisia from Mumbai to bring back around 1,400 Indians who have reached there and are housed in local hotels by Indian Embassy personnel. Also, Kingfisher operated a flight, an Airbus 321 with a seating capacity of 196, for Borg-el-Arab airport in Alexandria in Egypt to bring back Indians who have crossed over to that country.
News On AIR | March 3, 2011 6:19 PM
AI flights bring 1034 Indians back from Libya